Kashmiri students refuse to stand for Indian National Anthem, arrested by Indian Police
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Indian Police have arrested three Kashmiri students for allegedly disrespecting the National Anthem by not standing when it was being played in a cinema hall here, Cyberabad police said on Sunday.
The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon when the three students studying at a private college here went to a cinema hall under Rajendra Nagar Police Station limits to watch a Hindi movie and allegedly did not stand up when the National Anthem was played before the film’s screening, the police said.
“The management of the theatre lodged a complaint with police, stating that the three persons did not stand up when the National Anthem was played when all others in the cinema hall were standing,” deputy commissioner of police (Shamshabad Zone) PV Padmaja told PTI.
The three students, in their 20s, belong to Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
The DCP said following the complaint, a case was registered under relevant sections of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act of 1971 against the trio and they were taken into custody.
